- σκάζω
- σκάζωGrammatical information: v.Meaning: `to limp' (ep. [poet.] Il., also Hdt., LXX).Compounds: Also with ἐπι-, ὑπο-, (only pres. a. ipf.).Derivatives: σκασμός m. `the limping' (Aq.).Origin: IE [Indo-European]X [probably] [930] *skeng-, skn̥g- `to limp, slanting'Etymology: Since Fick BB 6, 214 connected with Skt. khañjati `limp' (MInd. for *skañj-?; s. Mayrhofer w. lit.) and with Germ., Dan. skank `limping, esp. of horses', OWNo. skakkr `slanting' (PGm. *skanka-). Besides without s- and with orig. e-vowel Germ., e.g. OHG hinkan `limp'. As the absence of palatalition in Skt. khañj-, if for *skañj-, prob. points to a, for σκάζω beside the gener. assumed basic form skn̥g-i̯ō also *skang-i̯ō is a possibility. An IE a-vowel would not surprise in this popular word. Germ. hinkan, which also deviates in anlaut, wouls then be unorig.; s. on this Sommer Sprachgesch. u. Wortbed. 425 ff., where for the whole group, which has richly developed in Germ. (Sommer l.c., WP. 2, 564f., Pok. 930), nominal origin, esp. a body-part name ('shank' v. t.), is rightly considered. -- Cf. σκαμβός.Page in Frisk: 2,714
Greek-English etymological dictionary (Ελληνικά-Αγγλικά ετυμολογική λεξικό). Robert S.P.. 2010.